Mount making ready Chelsea fan farewell as Man United plot summer season switch
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ason Mount is making ready to say his goodbyes to Chelsea supporters at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, with the midfielder more and more prone to go away his boyhood membership this summer season.
Incoming head coach Mauricio Pochettino has indicated that he desires to maintain Mount however is but to exert any affect over his future amid a contract stand-off with Chelsea.
Mount has been left in limbo, having not had any direct contact with Pochettino regardless of some ongoing dialogue with the membership over the previous few weeks.
Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly final met the 24-year-old in April however there has but to be a follow-up contract provide, elevating the prospect that he’ll go away on the finish of the season.
Mount has one yr left on his contract and Manchester United are ready to make a proposal for him. Their curiosity is pushed by admiration from supervisor Erik ten Hag, who tried to signal Mount on mortgage for Ajax after his spell with Vitesse in 2018.
Exit looming: Mason Mount is more and more prone to go away Chelsea on the finish of the season
/ Chelsea FC by way of Getty ImagesLiverpool and Arsenal are additionally concerned with Mount. If he doesn’t agree a brand new contact this summer season, Chelsea are able to promote him to make sure they obtain a switch price and don’t threat dropping him totally free subsequent summer season. They might demand over £60million for him.
Chelsea’s newest provide to Mount was a one-year extension with a big pay rise, however that will nonetheless have left the England worldwide with an unsure future.
Mount is out of Thursday’s trip to Old Trafford and struggling to be match to make the ultimate sport of the season in opposition to Newcastle on Sunday after surgical procedure on a nagging pubic bone harm.
But he’ll nonetheless be at Stamford Bridge for the Newcastle sport, when the gamers will do a standard end-of-season lap of appreciation after the match.
As talks between Chelsea and Pochettino drag on, Mount is certainly one of many gamers who’ve been left in limbo. N’Golo Kante was near signing a brand new two-year contract however his future once more seems unclear along with his deal expiring on June 30.
Like Mount, Mateo Kovacic is because of be out of contract on the finish of subsequent season. Talks are but to begin with the Croatian midfielder and he expects to be offered alongside Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic, who will even see their offers expire subsequent yr.
Manchester City are eager on Kovacic, whereas AC Milan are in talks to signal Loftus-Cheek. Conor Gallagher has had suggestions that Pochettino is eager to maintain him however he has simply two years left on his contract.
Chelsea are able to recall Levi Colwill from his mortgage at Brighton however might want to rapidly begin contract talks with the centre-back. He has two years left on his deal, although a one-year extension will routinely be triggered if he performs 15 Premier League video games for the Blues.
Edouard Mendy expects to be offered however he has but to have that communicated to him by the membership, regardless of Chelsea focusing on a brand new goalkeeper. The Blues additionally wish to signal a striker and probably a midfielder relying on participant gross sales this summer season. The futures of Kai Havertz and Hakim Ziyech are additionally doubtful. Both gamers have two years left on their contracts.